Shamans
The visual culture of animism, healing and journeys to other planes
$55.35
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
26 August 2025
Summary
A visually compelling and panoramic analysis of the eclectic culture of shamanism.
Entering trance states, healing body and soul, invoking animals as spirit guides and journeying to incorporeal realms - these skills have been central to shamanism over thousands of years and across much of the world, from the Evenki shamans of northern and central Asia to contemporary Neo-Shamans of the West. Join cultural and social anthropologist Max Carocci as he explores an eclecti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780500028681 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0500028680 |
| Author: | Max Carocci |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 26 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 934g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 179mm x 246mm |
Max Carocci
Max Carocci is a cultural and social anthropologist and is currently adjunct professor in Art History and Visual Cultures at the American University in London. For twelve years, he designed and taught the World Arts programme for Birkbeck College, London, in partnership with the British Museum. He is the co-editor of Art, Shamanism and Animism (2022), and has curated numerous exhibitions and collections for institutions, including the British Museum, the Horniman Museum, the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt, Germany, and the Musée du Nouveau Monde in La Rochelle, France.
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